[f. WASH v.]

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  1.  A man whose occupation is washing clothes; = WASHERMAN.

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1868.  Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., X. 552. Employing washmen instead of washwomen.

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1892.  Stevenson, Vailima Lett., xvi. (1895), 150. Steward’s assistant and washman Arrick, a New Hebridee black boy.

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  2.  A workman employed in applying the wash or coating of tin in the manufacture of tinplate.

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1851–4.  C. Tomlinson’s Cycl. Useful Arts (1867), II. 746/2. The washman prepares an iron pot,… called the wash-pot.

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1881.  Instr. Census Clerks (1885), 94. Tin Goods Manufacturer…. Washman.

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